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* ActionGirl: Mei.
* ArrowCam: Arrow-cam, knife-cam, bean-cam...
* AttemptedRape: A drunken Jin attempts to force himself on Mei, [[SubvertedTrope but it's an act for the sake of his mission.]] [[spoiler:Leo trying it on Mei, on the other hand...]]
* AudibleSharpness: All over the place.
* ArrowCam: Arrow-cam, knife-cam, bean-cam...
* AttemptedRape: A drunken Jin attempts to force himself on Mei, [[SubvertedTrope but it's an act for the sake of his mission.]] [[spoiler:Leo trying it on Mei, on the other hand...]]
* AudibleSharpness: All over the place.
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* AttemptedRape: A drunken Jin attempts to force himself on Mei, [[SubvertedTrope but it's an act for the sake of his mission.]] [[spoiler:Leo trying it on Mei, on the other
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Mei...]]
* DuelToTheDeath: [[spoiler:Jin and Leo. Ironically, neither die.]]
* DuelToTheDeath: [[spoiler:Jin and Leo. Ironically, neither die.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Mei...[[spoiler:Leo fools Mei into giving her life to protect Jin with a faked knife throw in Jin's direction. Mei bleeds out from her wounds while Jin cradles her with grief, and Leo limps away, presumably to either assume a new life or die alone somewhere else. The gambit to provoke a confrontation between the army and the rebels was successful, but the three protagonists are either dead or broken. The end.]]
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* TheEmpire: The Tang Dynasty.
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* FlechetteStorm: The flying daggers. Also, a bunch of cut bamboo.
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* HoldingHands: Used thematically to indicate the bond between characters.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:Mei is not blind.]]
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Mei's dancing girl outfits.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Jin's archery skills are impressive...if not entirely realistic.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:Mei is not blind.]]
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Mei's dancing girl outfits.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Jin's archery skills are impressive...if not entirely realistic.
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* LaResistance: The House of Flying Daggers.
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* LoveTriangle
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Leo.]]
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* SheFu: Mei is yet another Zhang Ziyi badass.
* SingleTear: Mei and Leo. Lampshaded and mocked on the director's commentary.
* SnowMeansDeath: In the very finale, where the plot has led to a DuelToTheDeath, it begins snowing. And yes, someone dies. Twice, basically.
* SingleTear: Mei and Leo. Lampshaded and mocked on the director's commentary.
* SnowMeansDeath: In the very finale, where the plot has led to a DuelToTheDeath, it begins snowing. And yes, someone dies. Twice, basically.
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* SnowMeansDeath: In the very finale, where the plot has led to a DuelToTheDeath, it begins snowing.
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* TragicHero: All the heroes are this in one way or another.
* WaifFu: Creator/ZhangZiyi has made a good living playing badass chicks while weighing about 95 lbs. Played with somewhat in this film in that she's able to survive hand-to-hand combat, but without a weapon in hand isn't able to actually make much of difference against her opponents.
* WaifFu: Creator/ZhangZiyi has made a good living playing badass chicks while weighing about 95 lbs. Played with somewhat in this film in that she's able to survive hand-to-hand combat, but without a weapon in hand isn't able to actually make much of difference against her opponents.
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* WaifFu: Creator/ZhangZiyi has made a good living playing badass chicks while weighing about 95 lbs. Played with somewhat in this film in that
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* WireFu: Every single fight.
* {{Wuxia}}: Rivals ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
* {{Wuxia}}: Rivals ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon''.
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* WaifFu: Creator/ZhangZiyi has made a good living playing badass chicks while weighing about 95 lbs.
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* WaifFu: Creator/ZhangZiyi has made a good living playing badass chicks while weighing about 95 lbs. Played with somewhat in this film in that she's able to survive hand-to-hand combat, but without a weapon in hand isn't able to actually make much of difference against her opponents.
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* WaifFu: Mei. Played with somewhat in that she's able to survive hand-to-hand combat, but without a weapon in hand isn't able to actually make much of difference against her opponents.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: Arguable about the villainy considering the GreyAndGrayMorality, but [[spoiler:Leo accomplished his mission to perfection, but still lost everything along the way and wound up killing the person he loved most]].
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* PyrrhicVillainy: Arguable about the villainy considering the GreyAndGrayMorality, but PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Leo accomplished his mission to perfection, but still lost everything along the way and wound up killing the person he loved most]].
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* HoldingHands: used Used thematically to indicate the bond between characters.
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* RuleOfCool: the titular "flying daggers," which at times pull dramatic u-turns in mid-air.
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* RuleOfCool: the The titular "flying daggers," which at times pull dramatic u-turns in mid-air.
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: [[spoiler:Very, very subtle: when Mei is being chased by guards in the forest near the beginning of the movie, notice how close the trees are together. Any blind person would have run into at least several trees--Mei doesn't. This shows that she isn't blind.]]
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** [[spoiler:Very, very subtle: when Mei is being chased by guards in the forest near the beginning of the movie, notice how close the trees are together. Any blind person would have run into at least several trees--Mei doesn't. This shows that she isn't blind.]]
** [[spoiler:Very, very subtle: when Mei is being chased by guards in the forest near the beginning of the movie, notice how close the trees are together. Any blind person would have run into at least several trees--Mei doesn't. This shows that she isn't blind.]]
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''House of Flying Daggers'' (original title: ''十面埋伏'') is a {{Wuxia}} movie directed by Creator/ZhangYimou, with action scenes choreographed by Creator/ChingSiuTung, released in 2004. Zhang had previously directed another Wuxia flick, ''Film/{{Hero}},'' and wanted to explore the genre further. He would later direct ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower''.
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''House of Flying Daggers'' (original title: ''十面埋伏'') is a {{Wuxia}} movie directed by Creator/ZhangYimou, with action scenes choreographed by Creator/ChingSiuTung, released in 2004. Zhang had previously directed another Wuxia flick, ''Film/{{Hero}},'' ''Film/Hero2002'', and wanted to explore the genre further. He would later direct ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower''.
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* ArrowCam: Arrow-cam, knife-cam, [[UpToEleven bean-cam]]...
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* ArrowCam: Arrow-cam, knife-cam, [[UpToEleven bean-cam]]...bean-cam...
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** The final ArrowCam is a double, revealing that [[spoiler: she didn't try to kill Leo in vengeance, but rather block Leo's knife throw... as well as the fact that Leo didn't even throw the knife, Mei just gave her life to block a harmless droplet of blood, as well as the fa]] is a WhamShot designed to be as tragic as possible.
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** The final ArrowCam is a double, revealing that [[spoiler: she didn't try to kill Leo in vengeance, but rather block Leo's knife throw... as well as the fact that Leo didn't even throw the knife, Mei just gave her life to block a harmless droplet of blood, as well as the fa]] blood,]] is a WhamShot designed to be as tragic as possible.
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* BladeOnARope: [[ImprovisedWeapon An improvised version is briefly used in the film]]. During the "echo game" with Leo, one of Mei's long twin scarves whips around the handle of his sword and yanks it out of the sheath. Mei attacks him with it, swinging the sword on the scarf while Leo dodges.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The final fight from a choreographic and acting standpoint as well as in-universe. It's hard to surpass the sheer hatred and brutality displayed, and done with a minimum of gore.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler: Mei]]
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''House of Flying Daggers'' (original title: ''十面埋伏'') is a {{Wuxia}} movie directed by Creator/ZhangYimou and released in 2004. Zhang had previously directed another Wuxia flick, ''Film/{{Hero}},'' and wanted to explore the genre further. He would later direct ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower''.
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''House of Flying Daggers'' (original title: ''十面埋伏'') is a {{Wuxia}} movie directed by Creator/ZhangYimou and Creator/ZhangYimou, with action scenes choreographed by Creator/ChingSiuTung, released in 2004. Zhang had previously directed another Wuxia flick, ''Film/{{Hero}},'' and wanted to explore the genre further. He would later direct ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower''.
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* AttemptedRape: A drunken Leo attempts to force himself on Mei, [[SubvertedTrope but it's an act for the sake of his mission.]] [[spoiler:Leo trying it on Mei, on the other hand...]]
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* AttemptedRape: A drunken Leo Jin attempts to force himself on Mei, [[SubvertedTrope but it's an act for the sake of his mission.]] [[spoiler:Leo trying it on Mei, on the other hand...]]
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: [[spoiler:Very, very subtle: when Mei is being chased by guards in the forest near the beginning of the movie, notice how close the trees are together. Any blind person would have run into at least several trees--Mei doesn't. This shows that she isn't blind.]]
** Mei also visibly slips up once: [[spoiler: when she nearly trips and falls onto the sharpened bamboo stakes in the clearing, Jin yanks her back. She takes a rapid glance around the clearing and then goes back to having a blank expression.]]
** Mei also visibly slips up once: [[spoiler: when she nearly trips and falls onto the sharpened bamboo stakes in the clearing, Jin yanks her back. She takes a rapid glance around the clearing and then goes back to having a blank expression.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Very, very subtle: when Mei is being chased by guards in the forest near the beginning of the movie, notice how close the trees are together. Any blind person would have run into at least several trees--Mei doesn't. This shows that she isn't blind.]]
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Jin's archery skills are impressive...if not entirely realistic.
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* WaifFu: Mei. Played with somewhat in that she's able to survive hand-to-hand combat, but without a weapon in hand isn't able to actually make much of difference against her opponents.
